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From Polypharmacy to Polypills: Where Will It Lead? Sep. 27, 2019
In September 2018, I talked about health issues related to "polypharmacy," a word new to me at the t... Read More
Can Damage Done by CDC's Opioid Guidelines Be Reversed? Agency's Acknowledgment of Suffering Caused by Its Prescribing Advice May Be Too Little, Too Late May. 01, 2019
When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its opioid prescribing guidelines... Read More
The Thorny Problem of Finding Who's to Blame for Drug Overdoses Feb. 08, 2019
As prescription and illicit opioid overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, lawsuits a... Read More
Food and Drug Interactions Jan. 18, 2019
You've probably heard the warnings not to drink grapefruit juice with blood thinners. However, that ... Read More
Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain Dec. 19, 2018
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medicatio... Read More
Raise Compassionate and Responsible Children Dec. 18, 2018
Dear Annie: I just finished watching a piece on the news about young people assaulting others and ca... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
Where Is the Plan to Ease the Pain? Nov. 09, 2018
Pain can take many forms. There is throbbing pain, stabbing pain, phantom pain, acute pain and chron... Read More
Has the Opioid Epidemic Begun to Turn a Corner? Apr. 27, 2018
Wouldn't you know? No sooner do I come out questioning the effects of the recent commitment by polic... Read More
Fearing ADHD Meds and a Hair Catastrophe Apr. 14, 2018
Dear Family Coach: My daughter has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She... Read More
Donation Nation Mar. 07, 2018
Dutch lawmakers have approved a new measure that signs up every citizen as a potential organ donor u... Read More
Opioid Epidemic Points To Bigger Problem Of Poor Regulation Nov. 17, 2017
I recently reported on the president's declaration of the America's opioid crisis as an official pub... Read More
Upgrade That Wobbly, Hard-to-Read Oven Thermometer and More Jan. 02, 2017
I'd had the same oven thermometer for at least a hundred years. The thing had been splattered on and... Read More
Strangers in a Strained Land Apr. 06, 2016
To paraphrase Tom Petty's song, you don't want to live like a refugee. Aside from the obvious and in... Read More
When Antidepressants Depress May. 02, 2014
Q: Chuck, I enjoyed your column titled "Natural Remedies for Depression." It seems that everyone is ... Read More
Myriad of Uses for Prescription Bottles Jan. 16, 2014
Dear Mary, Do you know where I can donate empty plastic prescription bottles? It seems such a waste ... Read More
